My latest is from one of the multi--plant photos here, a picture of appleblossom grass, which turns out to be gaura which I have planted in the past, but didn't know it had a white version, and from the picture it looked so inviting....

All the lovely sedums, anything with a butterfly on it, and don't EVEN talk to me about daylilies.

LOL Kyla! I have some Gaura which bloomed abundantly all last summer, but this summer, with more plants around it, I think it's been more shaded and so has taken longer to grow and blossom. I finally saw its first tiny bloom just peeking through this morning.

I'm happy to share with you, Kyla! Boy, do we need a plant and seed swap before first frost! @Roses_R_Red, any more thoughts about that?

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

Crocosmia too. I have to find some of that. All the plants that somebody somewhere considers invasive, I want one. They can duke it out amongst themselves.

Do you have plant lust? Anybody? Am I alone in my distress?

Catmint, that's very sweet of you to offer some of your gaura. Is it the pink kind or the white? I am thinking of it in a shady area, in fact, but it would be in partial sun. Definitely would not be crowded.

Also, anyone ever grow Japanese anemone? I think maybe they're also called windflowers. I wonder how they do here.

I'm thinking that late spring is a better time for me to deal with plant swaps and winter is when I get all my seeds together to do some indoor and outdoor winter sowing in jugs. If we get together here, it would be those times for those items.

I'll need to get a photo of it this year--only about a third of the size! Main difference is the large number of plants around it--it just had more competition this year.

Crocosmia--I have some of that to spare, too! I have a Japanese anemone plant. I've had trouble finding a shady enough spot in my yard for it to bloom well. Fuchsia--I have two of those. My DD had this thing about them and really wanted them, but I'm ready for them to find a new home, as they're tender perennials and I'm not going to overwinter them.

I heard back from Nan, who said she'll try to send me as many of my picks as she can. So that was very nice.

Once I've got some results from my intended wintersowing, too, I will have much more to offer -- if all goes well of course. But I am planning to plant things I know I won't have room for much of, so....

My crocosmia is red. Mostly it's 'Lucifer', although I supposedly have one 'Fire King' in the mix as well. But I can't tell the difference just by looking. Here's a photo of the (red) crocosmia with Cosmos sulphureus and black eyed susans.

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

Oh, I lust for crocosmia. I've been trying to get it for years...but going the "el cheapo" route and I seem to be getting nowhere. The last "bargain" bag of bulbs I got came up not as crocosmia but as those perennial glads (white with a purple eye) and they struggled along for one year and went south. I'm interested in Japanese anemone too. I have just the spot for them.... Oh, and does anyone have one of those tri-colored willows that is pink, white, and green?
If anyone wants forsythia, lilac, Rose of Sharon or flowering hawthorn, I've got that for fall trade.

Red crocosmia is just what I want. I can't recall the variety I used to have but it was definitely red red red.

My first encounter with crocosmia was crocosmia masonorum I think is how it's spelled, and it was considered invasive there (in San Francisco). Funny thing was, my landlord's last name was Mason. That one has orange flowers and it did spread like crazy! But it is such a gorgeous critter.

Once I discover a plant that I like, the "collector" part of my personality takes over and I want as many cultivars of it as I can find. Too bad there aren't unlimited funds LOL. Anyway, two of the plants mentioned - Japanese anemones and Toad Lilies fall in that category for me. I like them because they do well in my shade garden and add late season blooms.

To add my two cents in for Plant Lust, I have it bad What first comes to mind for things on the must find list are 'Okame' cherry trees, and now my thoughts are running amuck with visions of roses. I first saw a mature 'Okame' cherry tree in full bloom at the Philadelphia Flower Show many, many years ago and it has stayed on my mind ever since. The roses are a new obsession. I don't have any yet, but will be making plans for a rose garden as one of my winter arm chair gardening research projects.

Ohhh Terri, prepare to do some major pampering for the roses. They are so worth it!! When the time comes, I can tell you which ones have done well in my gardens.

I've learned to start spraying for black spot just when the leaves get ready to sprout and continue to spray all summer. Epsom salt, Aggrand's fertilizer, bone meal and kelp go into their root area every three weeks. Grub control goes into the ground in April and August. Water every day.....roots only in weather over 80 degrees.....etc. etc